Phoenix PD Crime Lab — Most Advanced in the Country

Apparently the Phoenix PD Crime Lab is the most advanced crime lab in the coun­try, so says super­vi­sor Steve O’Dell.

“This lab is one of, if not the most advanced crime labs in the coun­try,” said Crime Scene Section Supervisor Steve O’Dell…

I per­son­ally chal­lenge Steve O’Dell’s “most advanced crime lab in the coun­try” to fig­ure out who

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Funding sought for DPS crime lab

The solu­tion to the state crime lab’s bud­get deficit? Send the bill to speed­ers and drunk-drivers. There isn’t a con­flict of inter­est in pros­e­cu­tors and police sci­en­tists directly ben­e­fit­ing from guilty DUI ver­dicts, and speed­ing is there? Well there will be if the leg­is­la­ture gets it’s way.

In sum­mary, in order to keep their jobs,

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National agency sought for forensic sciences

A fed­eral inqui­si­tion has deter­mined that crime labs across the coun­try need to be over­seen by the fed­eral gov­ern­ment. Was the report based on the inves­ti­ga­tors look­ing for their next job, or what they feel is actu­ally what’s best for the crim­i­nal jus­tice system?

I agree that crime labs need to be pried out of the

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Prosecutors Move To Seize Control of Crime Lab

The Orange County Prosecutor’s Office move to wrest con­trol of the crime lab away from the sheriff’s depart­ment. While out­siders some­times point out that hav­ing a crime lab under the con­trol of a police agency can lead to lab staff being pres­sured to bias their opin­ions, or per­haps even those ana­lysts who seem to be

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Yet Another Article About the CSI Effect

An excel­lent arti­cle reit­er­at­ing the effects TV shows like CSI are hav­ing on crime lab case­loads, juror opin­ions, as well as new defense attor­ney tactics.

Original arti­cle here.

Prime time pushes trend in crime foren­sics
By Josh Mitchell • Staff Writer

Waynesville defense attor­ney Don Patten has noticed an inter­est­ing trend among jurors in recent years.

They are hun­gry for hard

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